Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Athlete Proficiency Badge Test 14 May 2011 By Pelican Scribe Marcus Choo Every one of the cubs looked very relaxed at this meeting because SA1 was just over! Yeah! After a break last week due to exams and Polling day, we were finally back at Scout meeting! Today’s meeting started off with Baloo teaching us a new song, and after that Akela briefed us on today’s Athlete Badge test. We were tested on four of the eight components of the test -50m sprint, Sergeant Jump, Shuttle run 6x10m and throwing a cricket ball. We were given a record slip to record the amount of points gained. We were then split into 4 groups to be tested. I didn’t take a slip as I had already got my Gold Athlete Badge last year! Yeah ! The first station for my Six was the 50m sprint. We were running on the school field. At the wave of the flag, everybody dashed off to the finish line! I got there in 10 seconds – not too bad considering the lack of practice due to all the recent exams “mugging”! The next station